How to Play Dominoes - Rules
Date
circa 1880
Format
- Finished Work 23
- Information Graphics 92
- Print 403
- Typography 90
Type of Work
- Finished work 5678
Publishers
Media
- paper 2348
Techniques
Locations Made
- United States 1081
- New York 432
- Albany County
This eight-page Z-fold instruction booklet was produced by The Embossing Company of Albany, New York between 1875 and 1905. Printed using 19th-century letterpress techniques, it features ornate woodblock borders, traditional serif typesetting, and marketing language that reflects the industrial shift in American toy manufacturing. The instructions were adapted from “The Modern Pocket Hoyle,” a popular game rules manual of the time. Each copy varies slightly due to the print methods of the era, making it a unique example of period ephemera.
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